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. 2010 Feb 4;3(1):53–56. doi: 10.1007/s12245-009-0141-8

Table 1.

Differential diagnosis of spontaneous intraperitoneal hemorrhage

Organ system Differential diagnosis
Gynecological Ectopic pregnancy
Ruptured ovarian cyst
Uterine leiomyoma/leiomyosarcoma
Ovarian granulosa cell tumor
Ruptured corpus leuteum cyst
Hyperemesis gravidarum
Endometriosis
Spontaneous uterine rupture
Splenic Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
Infectious mononucleosis
Spontaneous splenic rupture
Iatrogentic
Spontaneous rupture of splenic vein
Torsion and rupture of wandering spleen
Hamartoma
Primary splenic angiosarcoma
Hepatic Peliosis hepaticus
Hepatic adenoma/adenomatosis
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hemangioma
Primary hepatic angiosarcoma
Metastatic cancer
Amyloid
Focal nodular hyperplasia
Biliary Ruptured cholangiocarcinoma
Transhepatic rupture of gallbladder
Vascular Ruptured cystic artery pseudoaneurysm
Ruptured splenic artery aneurysm
Segmental mediolytic arteriopathy
Gastric Mixed cavernous-capillary hemangioma
GIST
Colonic Meckel’s diverticulitis
GIST
Pancreatic Ruptured pseudocyst
Miscellaneous Ruptured benign solitary fibrous tumor